Indigenous perspectives on sacred natural sites : culture, governance and conservation /

Indigenous perspectives on sacred natural sites : culture, governance and conservation / edited by Jonathan Liljeblad and Bas Verschuuren.

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Other Authors: Liljeblad, Jonathan (Editor), Verschuuren, Bas (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2019.
Subjects:
Indigenous peoples > Religion.
Ethnoecology.
Sacred space > Conservation and restoration.
Protected areas > Management.
Nature > Religious aspects.
Nature conservation.
Indigenous peoples > Ecology.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Indigenous voice and indigenous sacred sites, promoting diverse perspectives in a global discourse / Jonathan Liljeblad
  • Identity and embodying the sacred
  • Giving voice to the sacred Black female body in takayna country / Jennifer Evans
  • Defending the sacred through plant knowledge / Susan Leopold
  • Imagine Kanaloa Kaho'olawe / Davianna Pomaika'i McGregor
  • Resistance, advocacy and perseverance
  • Kondhs resistance movement to save sacred Niyamgiri, Odisha / Annapurna Devi Pandey
  • Human rights law and the protection of sacred sites and territories : a case study of the Bethany Griqua community in South Africa / Lesle Jansen and Ademola Oluborode Jegede
  • Taos Pueblo Blue Lake : a legacy of cultural perseverance / Vernon Lujan
  • The sacred in intangible heritage and education
  • The crocodiles of Fesawa : sacred sites and rituals in a changing context in Southern East Timor / Brunna Crespi, Anacleto Amaral and Clementino Amaral
  • Maghee : a case study of indigenous Tharu cultural heritage for democratic practice and Stem education / Bhaskar Upadhyay, Mahesh Tharu Chaudhary, Dinesh Gautam and Baliram Tharu
  • Recognition and preservation of the sacred in place
  • Wirikuta : sacred heart of Mexico : Pueblo Wixárika (Huichol) / Anaid Paola Velasco Ramirez, Ursula Garzón Aragón, Andrea Ulisse Davide Cerami, and Santos De La Cruz Carillo
  • Hongan di Pa'ge : the sacredness and realism of terraced landscape in Ifugao culture, Philippines / Marlon Martin, Stephen Acabado and Raymond Macapagal
  • Perpetuation is the key to preservation : encouraging local development and valuing indigenous culture as the sole bastion against Bagan's museification / Bérengère Boüan and Kathy Khine
  • Protecting our sacred water : cenote conservation in the Maya area of Yucatan, Mexico / Yolanda Lopez-Maldonado.

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